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Light rail for West Seattle? 2 chances for Q/A with Sound Transit

Will a light rail route including West Seattle be part of Sound Transit‘s next long-range-plan update? Possibilities are being studied, as noted here two months ago, when the ST Executive Committee got a progress report on the study. But it’s by no means a sure thing. And ST is still rounding up input on future directions – including via a survey that’s open for three more weeks, first noted here last month. So this regional transit organization is at the heart of many West Seattle conversations right now – and you’re invited to be part of two of them.

Smith is also booked as guest speaker at the next West Seattle Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting, 11:30 am Thursday, July 17th, at The Kenney (WSB sponsor). All are welcome to this, too, but there’s a charge because it’s a luncheon (WSCC member and non-member rates) and you need to RSVP – more info here.

Perhaps it would mean more apartments with less parking, but it would also mean a boost in local economy and a better carbon footprint.
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And the apartments are coming anyway – wouldn’t it be preferable to have a public transportation option that can move a large amount of people than to sit in traffic on the bridge more often?

In the story, the link that seems like it should send you to the survey, doesn’t. It sends you to another WS blog post, then the link there sends you to another post. It took me a while to find the actual survey. Could you update story to include direct link? Thanks.

Hmm.. I tried to comment, then attempted to post the comment again, but was redirected with a “duplicate comment” message. That’s great, but where’s my comment? I simply want to express my agreement with Kathy. I personally love the growth and see it as keeping this city moving forward. And yes… we need transit to keep up.

Light rail is a double-edged sword; it may alleviate congestion but it will also be a selling point for more development in WS- a never ending game of catch up. Not necessarily against development, but it’s an interesting conundrum.

I agree with Kate! Plus, if we have light rail here, at least some of the people moving into apartments may feel they don’t need cars, so there will be less parking needed. The way transit is now, most people are probably going to end up getting cars even if they don’t want them.

Yes, that’s the comment. There’s just weirdness and difficulty with logging in and posting much of the time. It takes so many attempts. I get the, “Howdy, yes2ws” but with my very next navigation, I’m usually automatically logged off. Much of the time, I just give up and browse through as an observer.

Again, we apologize for glitches, but no one ever has to log in to comment on a news story. The forum, yes, a log-in is required, and it is indeed glitchy, with an unfortunately long and complicated repair process under way (we would have picked better software in 2007 if we knew then what we know now).

Thanks, WSB. :-) I actually hadn’t realized that about comments to news stories. Also, not good for others, but good for me that there’s a glitch. I thought it might possibly be user error. Btw.. I know it’s been said before by numerous others, but seriously… the coverage you guys provide for our area is phenominal. Mucho thanks!

G: which is why we need a DPD that is responsive to roads, transit, and infrastructure capacity and that doesn’t rubber-stamp every single developer’s goofy vision unconditionally and without appropriate taxation.
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these systems are all integral, and tbey require not only clear vision of future growth and demand, but also constant and reliable streams of self-sustaining revenue for the various governments to implement those visions.